Kia Optima: Maintenance Services
You should exercise the utmost care to prevent both damage to your vehicle and injury to yourself whenever performing any maintenance or inspection procedures.
Should you have any doubts concerning the inspection or servicing of your vehicle, we strongly recommend that you have a reliable and qualified service shop perform this work, preferably an authorized Kia dealer.
An authorized Kia dealer has factory-trained technicians and genuine Kia parts to service your vehicle properly. For expert advice and quality service, see an authorized Kia dealer.
Inadequate, incomplete or insufficient servicing may result in operational problems with your vehicle that could lead to vehicle damage, an accident, or personal injury.
Maintenance
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Owner’s Responsibility
NOTICE
Maintenance, Service and Record Retention are the owner’s responsibility.
You should retain documents to show proper maintenance has been performed on
your vehicle in accordance with the sc ...
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Schematic Diagrams
Schematic Diagram
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Smooth cornering
Avoid braking or gear changing in corners, especially when roads are wet. Ideally,
corners should always be taken under gentle acceleration. If you follow these suggestions,
tire wear will be he ...
Muffler > Repair procedures
Removal and Installation
1.
Remove the front muffler (B)
after disconnecting the oxygen sensor connector (A).
Tightening torque:39.2
~ 58.8 N.m (4.0 ~ 6.0 kgf.m, 28.9 ...